Aligning Parties, Optimizing Cashflow & Engineering Sovereign PropTech.
Strategic real estate operator and PropTech advocate leading high-stakes commercial transactions, institutional acquisitions, and sovereign software architecture. Firm believer that aligning parties and executing win-win transactions yields the highest long-term ROI.
Representative Corporate & Brand Counterparties (Selected Transactions)
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Bridging High-Stakes Real Estate with Technical Innovation
A hands-on operator with the institutional acumen to negotiate complex disputes by aligning parties and the software engineering capability to build sovereign systems from scratch.
Portfolio Growth & Brand Co-Founding
Facilitated the operational transition to combine brokerage and property management arms, co-founding ME Commercial via corporate separation from ME Real Estate Companies and scaling AUM beyond $100MM.
Value Optimization & Lease Restructuring
Drove an approximate 23% average increase in Portfolio NOI across an $85MM+ national portfolio by eliminating outdated gross retail leases, restructuring underperforming agreements, and auditing CAM reconciliations.
Complex Institutional Acquisitions
Orchestrated multi-market acquisitions including a 116,648 SF Class-A defense contractor facility in Port Orange, Florida, multiple retail/office assets, and an aerospace additive manufacturing facility near Cornell University (Incodema3D).
Multi-Asset CapEx & Historic Conversions
Directed $10MM+ in aggregate capital projects across regional commercial and residential portfolios, with significant specialization in the tax-incentivized historical conversion of downtown Columbus office and manufacturing buildings into high-yield multifamily lofts.
PropTech & GarrisonOS Architecture
Architected proprietary AI and CRM stacks to minimize operational overhead, and volunteer-founded GarrisonOS to deliver an open-core, zero-dependency property management operating system with native double-entry general ledger.
Ethical Leadership & Author of "(Un)Ethical"
Currently authoring the satirical book "(Un)Ethical" to champion transparency, stakeholder alignment, and fiduciary integrity across the commercial real estate sector.
Institutional Acquisitions & Systems
Selected transactions across defense infrastructure, aerospace manufacturing, and software architecture.
By Light Defense Facility
Port Orange, Florida • 116,648 SF
Orchestrated the strategic acquisition of a 116,648 SF advanced manufacturing and distribution facility in Port Orange, Florida. Executed the transaction with occupant By Light Professional IT Services on behalf of international investors, expanding high-yield industrial holdings in the Southeast.
| Facility Area | 116,648 SF |
| Location | Port Orange, FL |
| Primary Occupant | By Light (Defense Contractor) |
Incodema3D Aerospace Site
Near Cornell University • Metal AM
Structured the multi-million dollar corporate sale-leaseback with Incodema3D near Cornell University on behalf of international investors, unlocking expansion capital for advanced metal 3D printing machinery. Featured in Metal AM Magazine.
| Structure | Long-Term NNN Leaseback |
| Publication | Metal AM Magazine (Oct 2024) |
| Specialty | Aerospace Additive Mfg |
GarrisonOS Framework
Project Lead & Founding Contributor
Volunteer founder of GarrisonOS: a modern, open-core property management operating system with 0 external runtime dependencies, native double-entry general ledger, and full data sovereignty.
| Engine | 100% Native TypeScript / Node.js |
| Accounting | Double-Entry General Ledger |
| License | GNU AGPL v3 |
Operator Philosophy & Community Roots
Columbus, Ohio"I believe that aligning parties and executing win-win transactions yields the best long-term ROI. In a business too often dominated by short-term extraction, transparent partnerships create resilient, recession-proof assets."
Based in Columbus, Ohio, Ben recharges by fishing Central Ohio’s waterways, playing the occasional video game, and people-watching.
Investment Mandate & Capital Allocation Focus
Targeting opportunistic, value-add, and stabilized commercial real estate assets with mission-critical physical infrastructure, strong credit sponsorship, or operational turnaround potential.
Connect with Ben Collier
Open to executive leadership roles, acquisition advisory, joint ventures, and PropTech advisory engagements.